Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said the protesters' actions could be justified given the dangers posed by nuclear weapons.

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Frank Munger
| Knoxville News Sentinel

Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark on Tuesday testified that ongoing production of nuclear weapons at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge could be considered unlawful because it violates some tenets of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty aimed at eliminating weapons. The treaty was signed in 1968 during Clark's tenure at the Justice Department.

The 85-year-old Clark testified on behalf of three protesters who face multiple felony counts - including a sabotage charge - for breaking into Y-12 in July, ...